Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Patent number: 11505386
    Abstract: A bag in box container having one or more features for lifting the bag in box, deploying the tap dispenser of the bag in box conveniently, storing a dosing cup, or conveniently using the bag in box container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ian Oliver Malott, Joseph Bohache
  • Patent number: 11505719
    Abstract: Described herein is an adhesive composition including a copolymer. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa·s to about 11,500 mPa·s at 150° C. The adhesive composition has a Storage Modulus at 37° C. of from about 3 MPa to 9.5 MPa. The adhesive composition has a Yield Stress at 37° C. of from about 0.8 MPa to about 1.45 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Torsten Lindner, Matthias Morand, Benjamin John Kutay, Holger Beruda, Ekaterina Ponomarenko, William L. Bunnelle, Jon Fagerness, Nick Fowler, Bill Turner, Andres Sustic, Enrico Buenacosa, Steve Oetting, Steve McHaney, J. J. DeCair
  • Patent number: 11504281
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.7 to about 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Patent number: 11505410
    Abstract: A system and an apparatus capable of independently driving movers are described herein. The system and apparatus includes: a track that forms a path for movers; a plurality of movers movably mounted on the track for moving along the path; and a plurality of drive elements fixedly arranged along the track. The drive elements each have a surface that is oriented to contact a driven member of the movers. The drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of a plurality of the movers to provide controlled independent motion of the movers along the track. The drive elements may be driven by rotary motors. A method of independently driving movers is also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Jason Lee DeBruler, Stephen Douglas Congleton, Mark Neil Howdyshell
  • Patent number: 11503977
    Abstract: Pre-moistened cleaning pads, for example floor cleaning pads, that are suitable for attachment to an implement, such as a cleaning pad holder and handle, wherein the pre-moistened cleaning pads have an attachment portion comprising pulp fibers and a liquid composition, and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company LLC
    Inventors: Cunming Song, Hailing Bao, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer
  • Patent number: 11497691
    Abstract: Shampoo compositions having an anionic surfactant, cationic deposition polymer, sheet-like microcapsules and an aqueous carrier. The shampoo composition delivers both good in use benefits, while maintaining a consumer desirable appearance. The sheet-like microcapsules can also contain perfumes, extracts, dyes, colorants, and/or benefit agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Brown, Pallavi Mohan Keole, David Scott Dunlop, Marco Caggioni
  • Patent number: 11497656
    Abstract: An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon has a fiber integrated primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top portion and a bottom portion as determined by the Secondary Desorption Performance method, and a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member. The tampon exhibits a wet weight percentage fluid in the bottom portion of at least about 60 percent when measured in accordance with the Secondary Desorption Performance method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Henry A. Brown, Ryo Minoguchi, Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, Gerard A. Viens
  • Patent number: 11497326
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards providing a device for displaying and demonstrating hair switches. The device is useful for showing the benefits and effects of hair products on the hair in an aesthetical pleasing manner. The device can be readily assembled and disassembled for efficient storage and transportation and it enables a rapid attachment and removal of a hair switch for efficient product evaluation, display and demonstration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew William Peiper, William Allen Watters
  • Patent number: 11498735
    Abstract: Described herein is an array of wet wipe packages displayed via a merchandise display system. The array of wet wipe packages includes a first package, a second package, and a third package. The first package includes a first wet wipe having a first coform nonwoven material and a first lotion. The second package includes a second wet wipe having a second coform nonwoven material and a second lotion. The third package includes a third wet wipe having a third coform nonwoven material and a third lotion. The third lotion is different than the first lotion and the second lotion. The first coform nonwoven material, the second coform nonwoven material, and/or the third coform nonwoven material has from about 14.5% to about 45% cotton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Karolin K. Kroening
  • Patent number: 11497657
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a diaper or a training pant, having a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side and a longitudinal axis. The absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent core comprises a generally longitudinally-extending channel. The absorbent article further comprises a wetness indicator at least partially superposed with the channel, as seen from the garment-facing side of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Andrew Strasemeier, Theodore Cory Fites, Sarah Ann Sanborn
  • Patent number: 11501457
    Abstract: A method for identifying a dendritic pore is provided. Line and pore images are obtained from a digital image of a subject's skin. These line and pore images are overlaid to identify those pores having at least one line intersecting the pore as dendritic pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Mahathma Bandara Dissanayake, Naoki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11497706
    Abstract: A deodorant stick comprising at least 25% by weight liquid triglyceride; a primary antimicrobial having a water solubility of at most about 90 g/L at 25° C.; a fragrance composition comprising at least about 50% natural oils, essential oils, or a combination thereof; and a primary structurant with a melting point of at least 50° C.; said deodorant stick being free of an aluminum salt; and said deodorant stick having a hardness from about 70 mm*10 to about 140 mm*10, as measured by penetration with ASTM D-1321 needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Arthur Sturgis, Lindsey Michelle Britt
  • Patent number: 11497654
    Abstract: A method of assembling an absorbent article having the steps of: a) providing a hot melt adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive has an amorphous polyolefin composition with more than 40% 1-butene and from about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a second amorphous polymer, and wherein the hot melt adhesive composition comprises less than 5% of a tackifier; b) providing a plurality of absorbent article components; and c) joining at least one of the absorbent article components to another of the absorbent article components using the adhesive so as to assemble the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William L. Bunnelle, Robert Haines Turner
  • Patent number: 11497703
    Abstract: A packaged hair care composition comprising a first composition and a second composition, wherein the first and second compositions are kept in separate packaging chambers until dispensed. The first composition comprises a cationic polymer; and an aqueous carrier and has a G? value of about 160 to about 410; and the second composition comprises: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; and an aqueous carrier and has a G? value of from about 600 Pa to about 3000 Pa. The package comprises an outer tube body having an exterior layer and an outer tube interior chamber; and an inner tube having an exterior layer and an inner tube body having an inner tube interior chamber; a dispensing orifice wherein a portion of the dispensing orifice is in communication with the outer tube interior chamber, and a portion of the dispensing orifice is in communication with the inner tube interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Martin Chang Shou Lee, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 11499125
    Abstract: Water-soluble unit dose article having a water-soluble film wherein the water-soluble film has a polymeric resin having a copolymer of polyvinylalcohol and 1-butene-3,4-diol and a second polyvinyl alcohol polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gianmarco Colace, Miguel Brandt-Sanz, Alberto Martinez-Becares
  • Patent number: 11491055
    Abstract: A tampon has a pair of longitudinally extending side edges and an absorbent member. The absorbent member has an insertion area, a withdrawal area, and an intermediate area between the insertion area and the withdrawal area and an attachment area. The absorbent material has a plurality of fiber integrated nonwoven layers but are without fiber integration adjacent layers outboard of the attachment area. A withdrawal line extends from the withdrawal area and is attached to the absorbent member in the attachment area such that each of the plurality of absorbent layers is attached to an adjacent nonwoven layer in the attachment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Nery Vanesa Breslin
  • Patent number: 11491057
    Abstract: Nonwoven webs/nonwoven laminates for use in absorbent articles are disclosed. The nonwoven laminate includes a first nonwoven web with continuous spunbond crimped fibers and a second web joined to the first nonwoven web. A plurality of apertures extend through at least one of the first nonwoven web or the second web. The nonwoven web includes a plurality of continuous spunbond crimped fibers wherein a plurality of apertures extend through the nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Shirdish Poondru, Timothy Ian Mullane, Nathan Ray Whitely, John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 11492575
    Abstract: Multicompartment water-soluble unit dose articles and methods of making them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Luca Vitiello, Florence Catherine Courchay, Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Miguel Brandt Sanz, Regine Labeque
  • Patent number: 11492571
    Abstract: A phosphate-free automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a protease wherein the protease has at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90% and especially at least 96% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and wherein the protease comprises amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least two amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X198G/A/K/L/Q/R/T/V/S/L, X207Q, X211Q/N and X212Q in combination with at least three amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of: X039E, X074D, X099R, X126A, X127E and X128G; or (ii) X039E-X074D-X099R-X116R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211N; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X211Q; X039E-X074D-X099R-X126A-X127E-X128G-X207Q; or (iii) any of the proteases of (i) and (ii) further comprising at least one amino acid substitution selected from X242D and X256E; or (iv) X039E-X074D-X099R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, Carly Pickering, Viktor Yuryevich Alekseyev, Lilia Maria Babe, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Sina Pricelius, Sander Van Stigt Thans, Harm Mulder, Nils Henning Redestig, Lydia Dankmeyer, Michael Stoner, Adam Garske, Roopa Santosh Ghirnikar
  • Patent number: D970725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Alejandro Jose Rivero, Matthew Steven Ritter